For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Local 10 News Thursday that they have opened two flood gates due to excessive rain and flooding in the Everglades.

Native American activists held a prayer vigil at the famed Miami Circle Tuesday morning ahead of a city vote on potentially preserving a significant archaeological site nearby in the city’s Brickell neighborhood, containing numerous artifacts believed to be from the Tequesta people.

Wildlife in Florida’s Everglades are running out of dry ground thanks to high water levels, according to experts.

Two Florida Native American activists are asking the city of Miami to stop an ongoing archaeological dig at the site of a future development in the Brickell neighborhood.